Statistics Norway

Indicators on Education, in the OECD

2   School expectancy. 2002, 2003 and 2004. Expected years of schooling under current conditions, excluding education for children under the age of five
OECD countries 2004 2003 2002
Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time
All levels of education combined Primary and lower secondary education Upper secondary education Post-secondary non-tertiary education Tertiary education All levels of education combined All levels of education combined
Total Men Women Total Total Total Total Total Total
Australia 20.7 20.4 20.9 11.7 4.4 0.6 3.6 21.1 21.1
Austria 16.3 16.1 16.4 8.2 3.8 0.7 2.3 16.1 16.0
Belgium 19.6 19.0 20.2 9.4 5.7 0.4 3.0 19.7 19.4
Canada4 .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 2.9 .. ..
Czech Republic 17.0 16.9 17.1 9.0 3.7 0.6 2.1 16.6 16.2
Denmark 19.0 18.1 19.8 9.6 4.3 - 3.2 18.3 18.0
Finland 20.0 19.3 20.7 9.0 4.7 0.2 4.5 19.7 19.4
France 16.8 16.5 17.1 9.5 3.3 - 2.8 16.8 16.6
Germany 17.4 17.5 17.3 10.2 3.0 0.5 2.3 17.2 17.1
Greece 16.9 16.6 17.3 9.0 3.0 0.2 3.9 16.5 16.3
Hungary 17.6 17.2 18.0 8.1 4.2 0.6 2.9 17.2 16.8
Iceland 19.7 18.5 20.9 9.9 5.3 0.1 3.5 19.2 18.5
Ireland 17.2 17.0 17.5 10.8 2.4 1.1 2.9 16.7 16.5
Italy 17.0 16.6 17.3 8.4 4.7 0.1 2.9 16.8 16.7
Japan .. .. .. 9.1 3.0 .. .. .. ..
Korea 16.6 17.5 15.7 8.9 2.9 . 4.3 16.4 16.2
Luxembourg 14.2 14.1 14.3 9.2 3.6 0.2 .. 14.8 14.4
Mexico 13.4 13.2 13.6 9.7 1.6 . 1.2 13.2 12.9
Netherlands 17.4 17.5 17.3 10.4 3.2 - 2.7 17.3 17.2
New Zealand 19.1 18.2 20.1 10.2 4.0 0.6 4.2 18.6 18.3
Norway1 18.4 16.7 18.2 9.9 3.9 0.1 3.6 18.2 317.9
Poland 17.0 16.6 17.5 9.0 3.4 0.4 3.3 17.2 17.0
Portugal 17.1 16.6 17.6 10.5 3.0 - 2.6 16.9 17.0
Slovakia 15.7 15.5 15.9 8.8 3.7 0.1 1.9 15.3 15.1
Spain 17.2 16.6 17.7 11.0 2.2 . 3.0 17.0 17.3
Sweden 20.3 18.8 21.8 9.8 4.7 0.1 3.8 20.1 20.1
Switzerland 16.8 17.1 16.5 9.6 3.2 0.3 2.1 16.7 16.5
Turkey 12.6 13.3 11.2 7.7 3.1 . 1.5 12.0 ..
United Kingdom2 20.7 19.2 22.2 9.1 8.8 .. 2.8 20.4 20.4
United States 16.9 16.3 17.6 9.1 2.7 0.1 4.1 16.8 16.8
OECD average 17.4 17.0 17.8 9.5 3.8 0.3 3.0 17.3 17.2
1  The total (men + women) includes the 5-year-olds for Norway but is not included in the distribution of 5-year-olds by sex.
2  The column Upper secondary education also includes Post-secondary non-tertiary education.
3  Year of reference 2001.
4  Year of reference 2002.
Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2006.

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